Your BitTorrent Downloads are very public, and Suren Ter, the producer behind YouHaveDownloaded.com, helped raise awareness of this reality. We sat with our friend, Suren, to discuss the idea behind YHD , piracy and the future of file sharing.
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Please give the world a brief introduction about yourself, such as past projects, interests, beliefs?
I am a mathematician. I'm not very good with people, but I'm good with abstract ideas. All my projects have the same influence and characteristics. For example, XMLShop.com is an automated drop-shipping system. Then there SEMrush.com, a competitive intelligence tool. They have teams of course. But if the team were to disappear one day, customers will not notice for weeks. Regarding beliefs, I have not. I'm a guy with facts and figures. Having beliefs indicates a lack of knowledge and / or ability to draw conclusions based on known facts. I have no problem admitting when I do not know anything, so I just do not need to believe.
Why did you create YouHaveDownloaded?
It started as a joke. We spoke with two other guys, a beer and a few laughs. Some guys talk about football, talk about other guys girls - we speak of P2P protocols, the social aspects of file sharing and confidentiality. Some conversations end up in a bar fight, some are found in the hangover (most of them, actually) - our conversation ended in a bit of coding. By the way, just to avoid nerd jokes, we're all pretty successful with girls and money . We just find complicated ideas a little more interesting, and discussions about whether John Doe hit a ball or not.
What obstacles or difficulties have you encountered during launch and operation of the YHD?
You must be kidding. What obstacles such simple site could have? In fact, the only challenge was Facebook. They turned out Facebook connection when they saw oversubscribed. It was a minor inconvenience though. The site had up to 4 million visitors a day. But my sysadmin is one of the best. Ilya (encoder) is a very smart guy too. The system used less than 10% capacity and it is just a server.
What are your predictions for the future of file sharing?
I think new anonymous protocols will surface soon. They will make file sharing "safer" in legal terms. On the other hand, the initial copies will thumbprints watermark. It will always be possible to share, but copies will be traceable to the first downloader. For the rest, it is an endless power struggle or as I like to say. "A fight between the ball and the armor"
Do you think that your website has helped people become more aware of the privacy risks when sharing files?
Certainly! However, the majority is too stupid to learn anything. for example, we get the same question about dynamic IP in least ten times a day. the answer is right on the first page. It's on every page, in fact. ignorance is bliss, but most people abuse. they never really learn, they get used to only some thing.
How did you manage the load on your site when you were linked to everywhere?
As I mentioned before, it was quite easy. when looking for something visitors to the site, there is a small pop-up jumps and offers to "like us while you're waiting." This is an artificial delay. We can return results in milliseconds. The pop-up and the delay was just my idea to gather more people.
Have you ever thought about selling your data to the RIAA / MPAA?
Nah. First, they have their own data. Second, they are arrogant idiots. I do not want to deal with people like that. I think of them as the Inquisition. They have a promising idea and turned into a giant hammer to crush others for profit.
What are your moral views on piracy?
Like I said a French journalist and the lady at the Washington Post, the pirates are thieves and they fly. Yeah yeah, "when I fly your DVD, you have no DVD, but when I copy a file, you still have a file" - I get that BS. We all know it's BS too. However, Sopas and PIPA create tyranny. If given the choice between the robbers and tyranny, I prefer to stay with the robbers. It reminds me a piece of history ... at the beginning of Nazi Germany, many Germans did not pay the transit price. But young Nazis decided to put a stop to it. They stopped the bus and shot dead several gatecrashers. That's when things changed. You can say that free riders brought on themselves. The truth is that it is cruel, but effective. The problem is that it did not stop there and we all know what happened then. See, I was born in the Soviet Union and saw things that, for you, is an abstract social theory. The United States is going in a very wrong direction here.
What are your thoughts on bitcoins?
There are two aspects. Scientifically, it is a very neat algorithm. Kudos to the inventor - the guy (or team) is brilliant. Socially - that's another great thing. It is a new, perfect gold. If some large social network (hmm, who could it be?) Or a large social network game maker (hmm, who could it be?) Have started using bitcoins as currency in the game ... Wow. It would create an initial application. It is difficult to predict the outcome. But it will be scandalous fail. It is a Federal Reserve distributed without corruption. Governments will need new underwear. Many new underwear. It seems that the inventors realize that it corresponds quite well. The creator was hidden for a reason. If I were him, I would be hidden too
Do you have any projects in the pipeline that you want to announce?
SEMrush.com is interesting. It is not necessarily in the pipeline in terms of being new. But we are constantly adding many new features. Some idiots were concerned about the invasion of privacy YHD. Ha! SEMrush.com - it's an invasion of privacy. It reveals trade secrets of big business. YHD is just a toy. SEMrush is the real thing.
Do you have any other words you'd like to share with the world?
I'm not good with words. I prefer to share stuff with real world
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